Recreational Mathematics

Clodfobble · 01-26-2013, 07:41 AM

All it really says is that the number 25, when converted to base 8, is written 31. They could just as easily ask why is St. Patrick's Day (17) like Martin Luther King Day (21, at least this year,) or why is Valentine's Day (14) like Emancipation Day (16)...

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2013, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

All it really says is that the number 25, when converted to base 8, is written 31. They could just as easily ask why is St. Patrick's Day (17) like Martin Luther King Day (21, at least this year,) or why is Valentine's Day (14) like Emancipation Day (16)...

A bit more than that. 25 in decimal, which can be abbreviated to DEC 25, is equal to 31 in octal, or OCT 31.

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